Springing

Blossoms and babies, lambs and lettuce, pigs and peas, chicks and Chacos....and California cousins!   Here is our spring inventory:

• Hogs:  4.  2 gilts, 2 barrows.  Weighing 83, 81, 77, 71 lbs.  
• Chicks:  19.  Probably hens. Previously cute fluff balls.  Currently awkward, gangling adolescents
• Lambs:  3.  2 ewe lambs, 1 ram lamb.   Black.  Adorable.  ADORABLE!!!
• Garden:  Peas, spinach, radishes, lettuce, beets, and carrots planted and visible above ground.
• Trees:  Trimmed.  Popcorn was popping on the apricot tree.  Peach tree currently in full bloom.
• Children:  4. Alive and well.  Healthy and happy.  And sassy.
• Parents:  Alive and...well....mostly healthy, usually happy and very sassy.

Ruth and her daughter

Esther's new born son

Esther's new daughter snacking

Grandma Grace and Momma Esther

Pig sitting!

Having straw on your face is not the same as being caught with egg on your face

Balancing act

A bunch of bird brains!

Popcorn popping on the apricot tree

California cousins

Sea star waves

Crabby

Sea anemone lunch

Snow plover stroll

Snowy plover fly by

Hermit crab hideout

I love these two people---LOTS!!!

Lance paid Miles $3 to carry this rock to the car

Happy together

King Miles

Queen Esther

Necking with a lizard

Working with an uncle

U-Pick blueberry farms are heaven!

California strawberries are GIANT